Abdul Rauf Aliza

Abdul Rauf Aliza (10 February 1981-9 February 2015) was the Deputy Emir of Wilayat Khorasan of the Islamic State under Hafiz Saeed Khan.

Biography
Abdul Rauf Aliza was born on 10 February 1981 in Helmand Province, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He was injured by a Soviet Union landmine, leaving him too injured for military duties during the Taliban conscripiton; instead, he provided food. Later, he became the Taliban Governor of Kunar Province, serving as the last governor before he was overthrown during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan. He was later imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by the USA, but he was later released, and became a senior Taliban leader after hs release from Guantanamo. He became a member of the Quetta Shura of the Taliban, an insurgent group in Afghanistan.

Later, Aliza became the Deputy Emir of the Islamic State's Wilayat Khorasan province under Hafiz Saeed Khan, and commanded IS forces in a war with both the Taliban and the Afghan government. On 9 February 2015, he was killed when a USAF plane launched a drone strike on his ammunition-filled car, killing Aliza, his brother-in-law, and four Pakistani militants.